Wake Up Call: UGA Law School Dean Rutledge Joins Morris Manning

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• Peter Rutledge, the dean of the University of Georgia School of Law, will join Morris, Manning & Martin‘s litigation practice in Atlanta on a part-time basis as senior counsel before transitioning to a full-time role in summer of 2025. (Morris Manning)
• The UK government said social media platforms must do more to address a “hitlist” of immigration lawyers shared among far-right activists. English lawyers have reported being advised by police to work from home, board up office windows and install fireproof letterboxes as a wave of anti-immigration violence has spread across England and Northern Ireland. (BBC)
• DWF, the legal and business service provider, reported a 14% revenue climb, just 10 months after accepting an all-cash offer from Inflexion, a private equity firm, and delisting from the London Stock Exchange. (Legal Cheek)

Laterals, Moves, In-house

• Kevin Madagan and Clint Narver joined McGuireWoods as health care and life sciences partners. Madagan joins from Reed Smith and Narver joins from the Justice Department.
• Mark Cronenwett joined Lewis Brisbois as a partner in the appellate and complex business and commercial litigation practices.
• Sean Ferron joined GRSM as a partner in the insurance, product and general liability, construction, and professional liability defense practice groups.
• Frank Magnanimo joined Fisher Phillips as an employment litigation partner.
• Todd Meyers joined Eversheds Sutherland as a partner in the finance practice group and co-head of the restructuring and insolvency team.